Re: Another Windows98 Bug...

[blyon () NETPR COM (Barrett G. Lyon)]

At 07:26 PM 2/12/99 +0100, you wrote:
> > Scott schrieb:
> >
> > I'm not sure about the details of this problem, but when testing
> > another buffer overflow, I created a long filename called
> > "testfile.txt
> > "
> > (note the chr(160)'s at the end) It is 235 characters in length.
> > After creating it on my desktop, I right clicked on it; explorer
> > crashed saying it caused an illegal operation.  the only way I found
> > to close this was by using command.com  I sent this to a friend and
> > he got the same error.

Try sending a file with the oversied name attached in an email to.. say..
eudora pro or something.  Watch what happens (I would backup eudora mail
before you do it).

-Barrett


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